our team

Syed Zarir Hussain
The editorial team of NEWS LIVE is led by Syed Zarir Hussain, a journalist with over 26 years of experience in both print and broadcast journalism. Presently the Chief Managing Editor of the channel, he did his Post Graduation in Radio & Television Journalism from the University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom and was trained at the BBC World Service Radio in London as part of his course at Lancashire.
Besides looking after the overall content and planning, he also anchors the highly popular show ‘Prekhyapat’.
Syed Zarir Hussain has won a number of awards, including the Sarojini Naidu Prize for Best Reporting in English on Panchayati Raj and Women in 2006 awarded by the Hunger Project.
He also authored a coffee table book “The Undying Maestro: Bhupen Hazarika”.

Dhruba Mahanta
Dhruba Mahanta is the Consulting Editor of News Live. He joined the channel in 2012 after two decades of association with the print media having joined Assamese daily ‘Ajir Batori’ in 1991. He worked with a couple of other widely-circulated newspapers before taking the plunge into broadcast media.
He also anchors another popular talk show ‘Samoyeki‘ on NEWS LIVE.

Chayamoni Bhuyan
Other key members of Team NEWS LIVE are Chayamoni Bhuyan, the political editor of the channel, who had achieved the rare distinction of interviewing ULFA(I) chief Paresh Baruah at an undisclosed location somewhere along the Myanmar-China border. She also hosts a number of other shows, including the two most popular shows — ‘Raij Meel’ & ‘Jipaal Jiban’ — on NEWS LIVE. She had earlier hosted another widely-acclaimed show ‘Raijor Kathghora’.

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News Live a satellite news channel of Assam and North East Live is the 1st 24x7 news channel of North East India. Newslive is owned by Pride East Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
News Live channels broadcast regional as well as national and international news and other shows in Assamese Language.